“Looks like the judiciary committee will vote on background checks next week. I just had a background check a few days ago when I went to my local gun store to buy a 45. As I was leaving, I noticed a used AR-15. Bought that too. Even to buy an assault weapon, the background check only takes a matter of minutes. I don't have possession yet but I'll be turning it over to the Tucson PD when I do. Scary to think of people buying guns like these without a background check at a gun show or the Internet. We really need to close the gun show and private seller loop hole.”

Kelly has yet to say anything else about his recent gun purchase, but Breitbart.com suggests that Kelly never intended to return the weapon until members of the media learned of his purchase.

Kelly became a vocal supporter of gun control after Giffords was shot in the head in January of 2011 during a mass shooting in Tucson.

This past January, Kelly and Giffords formed Americans for Responsible Solutions, which works to “encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership”